May 6, 2010

J is for Jakey

You know what has flown by? This past year. I can't believe Jakey is almost 1! When I realized that the big day was coming up, I quickly rustled up some felt to make another one of these. So, here we are - a name book for the little boy:

J for Jellyfish, with curled ribbon and yarn tendrils:

A for Arrow, with wire and foam arrows and elastic bowstring:

C for Car, with clouded plastic windows and button wheels:

O for Octopus:

B for Boat, with tree branch mast:

N for Needle, with wire needles and embroidery floss threads:

O for Oven, with braided wire handle:

A for Ant, with fuzzball body segments:

H for House, with foam and button flowers:

Whew! Now to wrap it in the paper he will undoubtedly enjoy playing with more for a little while!

Sweetlime, the pages are attached to one piece of felt with a running stitch that goes through the loops of the blanket stitches along the side. Then, another piece of felt goes over the binding to cover up all the loose threads and to make it look like the cover with the blanket stitches along the sides. Hope that makes sense!

Sweetlime, the pages are attached to one piece of felt with a running stitch that goes through the loops of the blanket stitches along the side. Then, another piece of felt goes over the binding to cover up all the loose threads and to make it look like the cover with the blanket stitches along the sides. Hope that makes sense!

Hi Lisa - thanks so much! I'll actually be at reunions this year, for the first time in a little while. We're psyched to bring the kids to the P-rade and then catch up with the PNet crowd afterwards. Maybe I'll see you there?

Actually, we will miss it this year, but go most every year, living in Lawrenceville. Maybe we can entice you to come to one of our Little Tiger playdates in Princeton (Princeton Area Alumni Assoc - PA3). My Benji is almost 3. Or we can host a playdate at the Philly zoo sometime.

AWESOME! I so want to make one for my little guy's 1st birthday coming up in March! Would you possibly consider doing a little more detailed tut on attaching the pages to the binding? I read your comment explaining it, and am still a bit confused.